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Originally Posted by Baler
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This is insane, you fool. I'm a fool because I have more faith in the saints that wrote the Bible?
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Look at the front page of your Bible. It will probably say that the authors are not known. The "saints" didn't write the Bible, no one knows who wrote it. The version you're reading is likely the result of many many people who freely changed things to match their own needs. Read some Bart Ehrman for more info.
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Originally Posted by Baler
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Science is a religion.
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Science is a tool by which we learn more about the universe. It's a method. It's been proven to be effective. What we create with it are increasingly accurate models of the Universe, that enables us to create technologies based on what we learn. People accept that science works, and can accept the accuracy of what the scientific consensus is because it's a consensus that arises from many people being able to replicate the results. You can have a high level of confidence in science because you have TVs, and computers, and cell phones that are all results of the scientific process. People who are educated understand that you need to apply critical thinking to science just like everything else - one study is not a reason to accept the conclusions. But centuries of tests all confirming that a single hypothesis is accurate means not at least provisionally accepting it is foolish.
Religion is based on faith, which means "the reasons we believe stuff that we can't prove is true." Religion is a mindvirus that propagates through indoctrination, colonialism, and intimidation. It has some benefits to adherents as far as community but they can readily be realized without the dogma. It allows no proof or even refutation, produces no technologies, has no predictive power, and emphasizes anti-intellectualism, frowning on inquiry and questioning.
Science is nothing like a religion.
Regards,
Mg